Underwaist.



J. HAIT & F. R. EBBETS.

UNDERWAIST.

APPLICATION FILED IuLY I. Isls.

1,288,408. Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

ESSIE E i, OF NEW? YGRK, AND FLORENCE E. EBBETS, GF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

UNDERVAST.

application filed July l, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, Jnssrn Hair, a citizen of the `lUnited States, and resident oi the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, and FLORENCE R. EB- nnrs, a citizen or" the United States, and resident or the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain nevv and useful improvements in Underwaists, oit which the following is a specification.

Cuir invention relates to childrenis under- Waist-s, and particularly to that type of undem t which pro des means ot' support for other undergarments. j

The oo, .et of our invention is to provide a neat serviceable one piece garment which may be cut substantially 'from one piece ci cloth or other fabric, and which will, in the one garment, combine both an -undernfaist and a garment supporter, With suitable means for attachinga thereto and supporting thereby the vvearers dravvers. petticoat and hose supporters, whereby the Weight of the said garment, together with the Weight of the said articles attached thereto, will be sustained by the shoulders of the wearer by means oit shoulder straps `which will not slip oft the said shoulders.

lleretoforegarmcnts of this nature have proved unsatisfactory because their shoulder ap portions have had tendency either to slip downwardly off the clavicle and the.

acromion and then to rest, press, and bind against the humerus, or else, to move upwardly along the clavicle, and then to rest,

press and bind against the Wearers neck,

While our garment will rest upon, and at all times be held and maintained directly over, the clavicle, thereby er'ectively affording secure and comfortable support for the garments of the vvearer the point best adapted to sustain them.

urtherobjects or our invention are to provide a garment which, by reason oiiits novel and construct-ion, may be pro# duced with a minimum Waste ot material, and 'which will possess a high degree of durability, iitting-quality, coolness, comfort and support, and not interfere vvith the free movements of the wearer. Still further ob `iects Will appear hereinafter.

i'n the accompanying drawings which illustratean example of ournvention, Figure l plan view ci a g nient; Fig. 2

a pers* ective Jfront vien oi.

Specication of Letters Patent.

the' same gar- Patented Dec. i7, 119238..

Serial No. 107,153.

ment as Worn. Fig. 3 is a perspective rear View of the same and Fig. 4 is a top plan View of a modification of the invention.

As illustrated in the drawings, l represents the body of the garment, cut preferably from one piece of cloth or other fabric. The elongated head aperture 2 is of suiiicient size to permit the garment to be passed over the Wearers head, and is centrally disposed between the shoulder strap portions 3 and 4 respectively and the front and rear portions which are indicated in their entirety by 5 and 6 respectively. From the said straps 3 and 4 the garment vvidens gradually until at the front and rear Waist bands 7 and 8 respectively, the garment has attained the desired Width to permit/the said front and rear portions to be fastened together by means of the buttons 9, 10.11, 12, and the corresponding buttonholes 13, 14, l5, 16. 'Additional buttons 17, i8, 19 and 2O are provided respectively on the front and rear portions, at the Waist line. as indicated. These but-tons 9, 10, ll, l2, 17, i8, 19, 2G are arranged in two horizontal rows. rlhe lower row, consisting of the buttons 10, 20, l2 and 18, are provided and intended-as a means for supporting the Wearers drawers. The upper row, consisting of the buttons 9, 19, ll and 17 are provided and intended as means tor supporting the Wearers petticoat, kniclrerbockers, pants, other garments or apparel as desired.

l bis a means `for improving the tit ot the garment, darts 2l and 22 may be `fashioned in the rear portion 6 in the usual manner.

As a'rneans for attaching hose supporters to the garment,the tabs 23 and 24 with the safety-pin eyelets 25, 26, and 27 28, respectively may be provided and suitably located. When the tabs 23 and 24`are placed at the sides below the. buttons 9, 10, and il, "l2, respectively, as indicated in the drawings, additional safety-pin eyelets 29, 30, and 31, 32, may be suitably located on the front portion so as to be respectively directly over the said 4eyelets 25, 26, and 27 ,28, when the said Jfront and rear portions are buttoned together.

Then, by means of an ordinary safety-pin the eyelets 29, 8O,l the right hose-supporter. and the eye-lets 25, 26, may all be held securely together. Similarly the eyelets 31, 32, the left hose-supporter, and the eyelets 27, 28, may all be held securely together. The hose-supporters are thus eectively and securely attached to the garment by means of safety vil() p' f l v'asesinos pins which cannot touch the body or the wearer, and a further means for fastening together the front, and' rear portionsofthe garment has been provided.

Reintorcing tapes or strips 33 and 34 are provided at the front waist portion 5 as indicated, for the purpose ofreinforcing the garmentat said portion 5. Moreover, the said tapes 33 and 34pr'ovide additional support for the buttons 17 and 18 respectively,

' and also reinforce the buttonholes 18, 15, and

14, 16, respectively. Similarly, the tapes 35 and 36 are `provided at the rear waist portion 6 for the purposes of reinforcing the gary ment at said portion 6 and also to provide additional support for'the buttons 9, 19, il, and buttons 10, 20, 12,-respectively.

Additional reinforcing tapes or strips 37 and 88 extend from the tape 34 at the :front waist portion 5, pass beneath the tape 33 and theny pass respectively over the right shoulder portion 3 and the 'left shoulder por-l tion 4, and thence beneath the tape 35 to the tape 36 at the rear waist portion 6 as indicated, and are` provided for the purpose of strengthening and reinforcing the garment at the sides and over the shoulders, thereby also maintaining theshape and fit of the garment, and furthermore, to thereby retain the said shoulderA strap portions 3 and 4 direct-ly over the clavicle, whereby the Weight edover at its ends to form waist band por-V tions 47 and 48 or separate reinforcing bands may vbe secured to the body portion. rEhewaist band portion 47 is provided with al plurality of buttons 42 and buttonholes 43. The

portion 48 is provided with buttons 44 adapt-v ed to engage the buttonholes 43, and, a plurality of intermediate buttons 45 which, in

conjunction with buttons ,42, are adaptedt'o support' other garments. v

Various changes in the form and construction shown and described may be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit of our invention.

`When speaking, in vour specification and claim, of aone piece garment, or of a single piece body, we refer to a garment or 'body which can be out from one piece of flat material, although it is obvious that we may cut suoliv a garment or body in two or lmore pieces and than to unite such pieces would not depart from our invention. 1

Furthermore, vwe wish it to be understood an embodiment of our invention provided with means for detachably fastening the front and rear portions together at the sides, it is obvious that any other mode of fastening said front and rear portions together, including stitching, be employed, and that one or more openings Vwith astening means may be provided elsewhere, if desired.

Vile claim pendant portions adapted to be laid out dat and having a central head aperture, one of said pendant portions being provided with eyelets adapted to register with the eyelets of the other pendant portion and adapted to receive a safety pin to lock said pendant portions together, substantially as and for the purpose described. l v

Bated, New York, N. Y., June 27th, 19.16.

. that although we have shown and described I A single piece garment comprising two 1 ln testimony whereof, we have hereunto set4 our hands.

JESSE HMT. FLRENCE R. EBBETS. 

